List

 Readers Digest  sent the magazine and books to the troops, and changed focus to cover war-related topics.

Croton-on-Hudson

 Lavigne & Smith  dredging work.

Dobbs Ferry

 Indiana Steel Products Co.  radar, communications, and proximity fuses; magnetic research.  North American Philips Co.  cathode-ray tubes; super thin wire for electron tubes used in communication; much of the gold and silver wire used in military braid and insignia were drawnthrough diamond dies in the plant. Stauffer Chemical  Crystex, used in vulcanizing rubber tires and on gun mount shocks and insulation, on rubber treads on tanks and airplane tires; carbon bisulphide used in recovery of strategic metals and in rayon production; other chemicals used in food preservation and other uses.

 Anaconda Wire and Cable Co.  invented and produced buoyant magnetic mine-sweeping cable, demagnetizing cable, coaxial cable, and shipboard cable  about one third of all cable used by the Navy. 3,000 workers. 2 E awards. Hastings Pavement Co.  made paving blocks for Panama before moving to Long Island in 1944. Villard Construction  airport gas line construction. Zinsser Chemical Co.  dyes for uniforms; one of the largest producers of anthra-quinine colors, used in colored bombs, shells and flares; tannic acid, used in burn ointment.

 Brailsford & Co.  weather instruments Edgar John Boatyard  barges and transport vehicles for Army; small tugboats and craft for other military branches.

South Salem

 Enzo Yocca, local architect, made miniature mock-ups of battle scenes, for use in planning battles and in recognizance by pilots.

The Tarrytowns

 Eastern Aircraft division of General Motors  converted from Fisher Body  parts for the Grumann Avenger torpedo bomber; wings and parts of Navy fighter planes. 10,000 workers at the peak. General Motors  army trucks. Hercules-Campbell Body Co.  buses and trucks for Army and Navy; station wagons for Red Cross and other services. P. R. Mallory & Co., Battery Division  batteries for walkie-talkie and handi-talkie.

Tuckahoe

 Wellcome Research Labs, division of Burroughs: Wellcome & Co.  developed and produced medical supplies, variety of drugs, first aid equipment, mosquito repellants; small detonation fuses for use in sabotage. One E award.